This section lists the issues that you should know about before you install Windows Vista. For information about all other known issues, read the release notes online (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=66576).
Windows Task Scheduler tasks do not function when upgrading
This issue applies to you if you are upgrading to Windows Vista from a computer running Windows XP or the RC1 version of Windows Vista and you use Windows Task Scheduler.
If you have changed your computer name, user name, domain, or password, any tasks that you have specified in Windows Task Scheduler will not function properly after you upgrade to Windows Vista. To avoid this problem, before you upgrade, use Task Scheduler to update the tasks with the information, or credentials, you changed. To update a task with this information, use one of the following procedures:
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Windows XP: Click Start, click Control Panel, click Performance and Maintenance, and then click Scheduled Tasks. Right-click the task you want to change, and then click Properties. In the task’s properties window, click the Security tab, and then set the permissions and credentials used to run the task.
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RC1 version of Windows Vista: Click the Start button, click Control Panel, click System and Maintenance, click Administrative Tools, and then double-click Task Scheduler. Select a task, click Properties, and then, on the General tab, set the security options with the correct credentials to run the task.
After you update tasks, make sure they work correctly before you upgrade to Windows Vista. To do this, right-click the task, and then click Run.
In addition, when upgrading from the RC1 version of Windows Vista, any modifications that you have made to the default tasks (tasks that come pre-installed with Windows) will be overwritten by the new default configuration.
Upgrading is not supported for some language versions of Windows XP
Upgrading from the following language versions of Windows XP to the matching language of Windows Vista is not supported:
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Windows XP with the following Language Interface Packs installed: Bulgarian, Croatian, Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Romanian, Serbian-Latin, Slovak, Slovenian, Thai, or Ukrainian.
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Windows XP Media Center Edition: Traditional Chinese (Hong Kong), Traditional Chinese (Taiwan), Czech, Danish, Finnish, Norwegian (Bokmål), Polish, Portuguese (Portugal), Russian, Spanish, Swedish, or Turkish.
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Windows XP Tablet PC Edition: Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Hungarian, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Russian, Spanish, Swedish, and Turkish.
If you have one of these operating systems, you will need to perform a clean installation of Windows Vista. Before you do this, be sure to disable all antivirus software and back up your files to an external hard disk, DVD or CD, USB flash drive, or network folder.
To perform a clean installation, you have three options:
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Reformat the partition on which Windows XP is located and then install Windows Vista on that partition. Do this if you have backed up your files.
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Install Windows Vista onto another partition and keep your Windows XP installation on the same computer. You can do this if you have enough disk space for both operating systems.
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Install Windows Vista onto the same partition as Windows XP without reformatting it. Do this if you want the previous Windows XP installation to be saved to the WINDOWS.OLD directory on your computer. You can access or remove this directory after the installation completes. Files that were previously located in the My Documents folder will not be automatically transferred to the Documents folder in Windows Vista.
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